The Davis File

A three-star defensive back and the nation's 58th-ranked cornerback, Davis chose the Buckeyes tonight over offers from Alabama, South Carolina, Miami, Arkansas, Florida, Clemson and others. He's 6-foot-1 and 185-pounds, and provides another tall, rangy defensive back option for Kerry Coombs and the Buckeyes.

Davis becomes the 15th member of the Ohio State recruiting class and second cornerback from the Miami area, joining Jamel Dean, who committed to the Buckeyes in December.

While Davis has committed to Ohio State, it appears that his recruitment is really just taking off. He visited the Buckeyes for Friday Night Lights in July and it put the Buckeyes in the driver's seat.

"He's probably a 4.5 guy," one source familiar with Davis' game told Eleven Warriors. "He's really long at 6-foot-2, and has great cover skills. He's tough. He should be a four-star in my mind. He's really good."

Ugh... I can't stand the Bucknuts members... just scum. Go read the comments on the message board if you dare. Just pitiful; ripping apart a kid who is trying to enjoy what should be a great moment in his life.

With that said, his offer list is outstanding, possibly the best offer list out of any recruit in our class so far.

1. The majority aren't ripping him apart. Sure some trolls are but that's to be expected. Most are just surprised (as they should be) since this kid wasn't on anyone's radar.

2. I find it funny how Bucknuts is continually bashed on here yet probably a quarter or more of the information that is talked about in the forums here originated from Bucknuts or 247sports. Interesting.

Let's try to be nice now. It's funny though. Everyone hates me so much that they just downvote me and my researched statistics without an explanation....I try to be funny while still being accurate and never do I get into places where I tell people "what to do" or "how to think" but everyone hates me, anyway. I've never been on Bucknuts or 24/7...Hell, I don't even know what they are. I was told by a member of Buckeye Nation to come here to 11W (from that awful Turner owned "Bleacher Report" and their pro-SEC writing) and I have gone nowhere else since. I don't know if I will log off and take a walk, but I now feel like I have to see what the bashing is all about. Thanks to all for your general disgust and disagreeing with each other. I wonder how many downvotes I'll get for this? Oh....and just so you know, Sarasotabcg, you had a downvote when I showed up (I wasn't the person that gave you the downvote). I've given out 5 or less downvotes in my history here. I really keep to myself, usually...I just like for Buckeye Nation to stay strong especially when the Navy game is so close.....Strength in numbers, ya know? And Ohio State football has more fans than ANY other college football team. Let's get it together....fans, students, and alumni...all together. That is what makes Buckeye Nation what it is and that is why there is no such thing as Seminole Nation even though they are the defending champs.

If you cut down on the novels and run on sentences/thoughts, I'll bet you won't get so many downvotes. Don't worry, I'm not downvoting you. I'm just offering some advice. This may be your writing style, and this is an informal site, but it feels like your posts are word vomit. I'm not trying to be cruel, but that's what's put me off about your posts. Keeping things short and concise gets you far on this site.

This I already know and I truly thank you for the advice. Being that you get a HS for just throwing 5 words in a comment helps, too. Unfortunately, This is not a fun site for me where I have friends and we rap back and forth. For instance, it is 1:19 a.m. right now and I just decided for once to see what is up everyone's ass and why everyone is so pissy with each other. I'm in it to say my words to defend Buckeye Nation and players most of the time and when you have players comparisons, it takes stats, speeds, sizes, and many other intangibles to prove your point on certain subjects.

Anyone can write "Elliott should be the starting RB" and leave it at that...and he/she may get 10 others that agree with them and pick up a quick +11. That is what I consider "word vomit". I'd much rather read someone's comment that gives reasons why Elliott deserves the starting spot. The truth of it is that I LIKE TO WRITE and you can cram your word vomit comment up your ass as often and at any time you want. It's much different when you have a group of 3-8 people talking back and forth and you throw your thoughts back and forth. It is more of an atmosphere of a sports bar where people are saying things back and forth and asking questions, etc.

What I normally do is write one longer comment like my first one trying to get the Nation to rally together and then have one or two comments on other people's comments. I'd like to know what it feels like to tell a fellow Buckeye fan that is trying to get Buckeye Nation together when people are arguing over whether or not another guy is generalizing (see, to me the whole, "you are generalizing". "No he wasn't, you're the one that is generalizing" is what I would call word vomit and non-constructive word vomit, at that) that he is writing "word vomit".

All of my comments are way too long, and I normally apologize and call my comments novels as you did. However, normally my novels are filled with "on topic" opinions which I then back with maybe too many stats and other reasons to show my opinion as valid. Sometimes that takes a few more words. Do yourself a favor and simply SKIP MY COMMENT. If you read it though, you can be assured that all stats of any kind have been researched and are true...That takes time and words. I truly apologize that you'd rather read comments about which person is generalizing the most in their 3 combined comments and think of my normal comments as word vomit. Good luck to ya. Go Buckeyes!

As far as long-winded comments, if I see a comment that is extremely long I just scroll right passed it. There are so many other people posting that I simply don't have time to read something that long. I don't drag a laptop around with me, so I access this site and comment from my phone.

I appreciate comments that are short and straight to the point. The absolute opposite of this one. ;-)

sorry, I assumed he meant everyone since he did not put a specific number of people "on here" that bash on bucknuts. So, please tell me how many people on here bash bucknuts? is it one person just doing a lot of bashing or is it a small group that are bashing.

Are you saying I have to leave the website if I disagree with this? so DJ isn't the only one who says that. hmmmm

free website, I can say what I like, hence the free (and as long as it follows the rules of the website)

C murder was probably in prison already when he started playing football!!! If you liked No Limit when you were younger don't listen to it again! It's like eating baby food! Just too old for that shit!

3* ?? How can that be with offers from Alabama, Clemson, South Carolina, Florida, Miami, Arkansas AND Ohio State? 58th Corner back in the country with that lineup of offers? A SMART young man, things are getting tight with spots in the Ohio State 2015 class. If you wanna come, ya better be committing SOON.

Just going to say this once and be done with it: I'll be fairly shocked if Carlton Davis is still committed to the Buckeyes come February. Regardless, very talented player and one whose offers certainly outweigh his rankings. People who I know in Florida are very high on him.

You're trusting a recruiting service over the judgement of Urbz, Nick Saban & a bunch of other college coaches at big programs? Brass balls man.

That's not a knock on the recruiting services either. Generally, they do a good job. However, there are thousands of kids playing HS ball. They are continually growing, getting faster, and improving. Sometimes the services miss a kid that didn't have outstanding numbers his junior year. The offer list can tell you a lot.

This class is small. If a commitment is accepted, the player is not a reach.

I mean, looks good on the tape but seems to be something of a diet-commitment. The link in the story to a tweet where he says he's committed to OSU but his recruitment is still open seems like it's not too strong a commitment at all. I'll hold off on posting any excitement gifs for the time being.

"Do not pass me, just slow down - I can move right through you" Superchunk - Precision Auto.

I really don't trust a kids "offer" sheet either. Who knows how many of those were actually committable. I see other kids commit to other schools all the time that claim they had an offer from OSU and it's well known their offer was non committable. On another note, high schools need to do a better job of teaching the definition of the word commit.

As far as I can tell OSU using them for out of state talent to try open pipelines and to keep their options open. I really haven't seen Urban make any in state non committable offers. It is more likely that an Ohio kid that OSU has as a third option would jump on an offer and put the staff in a bad position to tell the kid they can't accept. It would burn bridges with high school coaches all over the state.

Agree, bro. It's a frickin circus nowadays. It would be much more simple if folks would hold to their word and didn't try to get all sneaky with the language they use. Simple yesses and nos do wonders.

I don't like the follow up comment. I'll just say it. Congrats to him on all his offers. He should be very proud of himself. But I'm not going to get that excited about someone who couches his commitment to the best team in the country with those words. If he ends up in the class I'll be 100% behind him just like all the others.

Even if his commitment isn't as solid as most recruits, it's still nice to to have another kid talk good and announce it like he did on a local Florida radio station. That's kind of like bonus advertising for the Buckeyes. Plus its a good sign that he wants to be good friends with Bosa.

"Championships are not won on Saturdays in November. Championships are won on Tuesdays in August." -- Kerry Combs

I'm strangely OK with what most are considering a tentative commitment. For one, he obviously loved his visit and bonded with Ash. Two, I can't imagine that any of our coaches are going to go about this in a naive manner. They heard his statements and know where he stands. I'm guessing they'll continue to recruit other DBs.

Finally, this shit happens all the time in the SEC and they don't cry about it. If you're going to recruit Southern kids who like to commit, but "keep their recruitment open" then you have the play the game a bit. Either that, or take Hoke's route of not allowing visits. Two strategies, each with their pros and cons.

Well on his twitter account he's retweeted some peeps who seem like his friends based on the context of the tweet and they're congratulating him on committing to tOSU as it's his 'dream school' and to go show out.

"I want us to be exclusive...I'm committed to you...until I find a girl I think is hotter (or more accessible) than you)". A statement with a but (or qualifier) attached rings hollow. If your recruitment is still open, then you have not committed. That's ok. In fact, he has every right to milk this experience for everything it's worth all the way to NSD, but don't call it a commitment.

I hear you. People should be just as hard on the programs that give out offers, but then go on to say they are "non-committable," by that logic. With Meyer and other coaches saying that a "commitment" really just means "top 3," I would imagine that this kind of thing is not as big a deal to coaches as it is to fans. A "conditional acceptance" or something similar, would probably be a better term for recruits at this stage in the process.

Yeah. Folks just need to stop using forms of the word "commitment" if you are not fully committed, which simply means "all in." It used to be a very simple matter. Times have changed and it's making me realize that we're getting old.

Florida guys are usually under-rated. There's just too much talent and they can't give everyone a 4 star or higher. With his offer list he'd probably be a 4 star if he was playing somewhere in the north.

Maybe it represents his lack of a full commitment? His level of commitment is visible in how he forms the O. Once he snaps a shot forming an O proudly over his head, we'll know he's all in. That's just my theory....

I hope italics is the sarcasm font because in no way am I being serious about any of this.

Kinda hard to get excited about this one. Cant blame a kid for wanting to hold his spot. I just hope in the long run he doesnt decommit late thus costing us another solid recruit. I am reserving judgement until new interviews come out regarding his recruitment and committment. Anyways, congrats young man.

Seems like this ought to be a lower case "boom", and the lightest of gray boxes. No slight to the kid, who may be great, but it seems like he was off everyone's radar screen, and the "commitment" on both ends may a little dubious.

Yep. Offer sheets/list is generally what I personally look at first. His offer sheet is a who's-who of CFB. There's 4 stars all over the board that don't have the quality of offers he does; Miami FL, FSU, Ohio State, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, LSU just to name a few.

Wonder what Urbs position is on "placeholder" commits. He told Dunn back in 2012 that if he visited UM his spot in the class was gone, so I can't imagine he'd be too thrilled with this kid visiting everywhere after committing to OSU.